314 ERECTIONS, ETC. 
By eyes. This is our most favourite method of propagating 
plants of this most valuable fruit. Early in the month of 
March we cut the shoots into eyes, leaving about an inch of 
wood on each extremity, and plant those with their eyes up- 
permost into pots, and place them in a hot or cold frame, 
prepared for the purpose ; plants from a single eye may 
easily be made to grow twelve feet in one season, by constant 
repotting and nourishing. The plants thus growing are de- 
cidedly the best rooted, forming more capillary fibres ; con- 
sequently more nutritious support to the vine is absorbed in 
the same given period of time; they also form shorter joints, 
and are capable of producing more fruit on a plant of the 
same size. We are aware that some start at this idea, and 
say that in a few years it is not observed. It reminds us 
very much of the son of the "Isle of the Ocean," when 
asked how old his brother was, replied he was so much, but 
in two years he would be " the same age." Nevertheless, 
this method of propagating may not be generally accessible, 
the former two plans being at the command of every one. 
ON ERECTIONS FOR THE SUPPORT AND PROTECTION OF 
THE VINE IN OUT-DOOR CULTURE. 
To limit the proper height for training grapes would be a 
preposterous idea, for they can be perfectly cultivated in this 
country on any height from four to forty feet : indeed, on a wall 
of the former, we have thirty sorts of grapes growing luxu- 
riantly, and fruiting in the most profuse manner. Some of 
the vines, four years old, which have produced from six to 
nine bunches of fine fruit, which only occupy, after pruning, 
a space of about eighteen inches square. 
Walls of brick are decidedly the most preferable for the 
perfection of the grape; and if they be built for the express 
purpose, the most judicious distribution of materials would 
be in the erection of several low walls, not more than seven 
feet high. For the purpose of pruning, training, &c, walls 
of this height are far preferable to those of a greater ; and if 
built to run directly south or north, the entire surface of 
both sides may be judiciously covered. The eastern aspect 
would render a sure and abundant early crop ; those on the 
western Bide would not be so productive, and more liable to 
